New Delhi, May 25 (PTI) A man who allegedly bludgeoned a couple in their Delhi home, killing the husband and seriously wounding the wife, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh after a 700 kilometre chase, police said on Sunday.
The accused, Akhilesh, a native of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, was tracked down in his home town by a joint team of a unit from Kishangarh police station and the Special Staff of Southwest District.
Investigators scanned CCTV footage, analysed mobile call records and arrested the accused after multiple raids across Rae Bareli and Maharajganj, a police officer said.
On the night of May 21, the accused allegedly entered the couple's home in south Delhi's Katwaria Sarai and bludgeoned to death 45-year-old Ashok Kumar.
Police found Kumar's wife unconscious with wounds and rushed her to the AIIMS Trauma Centre.
The couple originally from Jhansi, worked as daily wage labourers at IIT Delhi. Their daughter, Kajal, later identified them.
Investigations revealed that Akhilesh often visited the woman at her house, and possibly had an affair with her, much to the consternation of the husband.
Akhilesh confessed that he assaulted the two with a hammer after being rejected by the woman and warned by her husband to stay away, police said.
While on the run, Akhilesh kept changing his location in UP, until he was finally apprehended in Rae Bareli following a 700 kilometre chase.
Police recovered the hammer and the accused's blood stained clothes. Further investigation is underway, they said.